Banknotes from Banco de Venezuela : 500 Bolívares - Design C, Type B : Numismatic Catalog of Venezuela

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Photographic reference

Obverse

Photo from piece bbdv500bs-cbs: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 500 Bolívares. Design C, Type B. Specimen banknote without date
Photograph credits: PANA

Reverse

Photo from piece bbdv500bs-cbs: Banknote from Banco de Venezuela. 500 Bolívares. Design C, Type B. Specimen banknote without date
Photograph credits: PANA

Characteristics

Identification Code: bbdv500bs-cb
Obverse: Design in black over a background in blue. On the left, portrait of Simon Bolivar inside an oval from unknown author. Above, the date filling space "Caracas _____ 190__". On the right, the denomination value "500" within a guilloche. Below, "VALE POR", the denomination in words "QUINIENTOS BOLÍVARES" «five hundred Bolívares». Above, the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA" - "SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA". In each corner the denomination value "500". On the bottom, the signatures zone. Above, the payment clause "PAGADEROS AL PORTADOR EN LAS OFICINAS DEL BANCO" «Payments to the Bearier in the Offices of the Bank». Below the date, the legend of the capitalization amount "CAPITAL Bs. 12.000.000".
Reverse: Design in blue. In the center, inside a circle Coat of Arms with the motto "INDEPENDENCIA", "LIBERTAD", "5 DE JULIO 1811", "28 DE MARZO 1864" and "DIOS Y FEDERACION", on each side the denomination value "500". Above and below of the Coat of Arms the issuer name "BANCO DE VENEZUELA". In each corner the denomination value "500"
Production information: June 1916: 4000 pieces (serie 4 and 5, interval 6001 - 9999 and 10000), December 1918: 8000 pieces (serie 4, interval 10001 - 18000)
Design variations in the obverse: From Design C, Type A with the change of the payment clause
Signatures: "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela», "Por el Banco de Venezuela" «p.p. Banco de Venezuela» and "El Secretario" «The secretary»

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Other pieces (3)

SCWPM	Piece Code	Date	Serie	Amount
SCWPM	Note
S294p	bbdv500bs-cbp	No date	5	-	Detail
S294p	Obverse only print proof over a cardboard.
N/L	bbdv500bs-cbp2	No date	5	-	Detail
N/L	Uncut sheet print proof. Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).
S294s	bbdv500bs-cbs	No date	5	-	Detail
S294s	Stamped on the obverse "SPECIMEN" - "SPECIMEN", in red (perfored).

Legend

	Piece with photo	Entry	Piece
	Piece with recent updated photo	Entry	Unconfirmed piece
N/L	Not Listed in Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM)	Entry	Piece added recently
XX.XXX.XXX ?	Estimated amount, not confirmed	Entry	Deprecated piece
		Entry	Piece with updated information
		Entry	Unverified piece
NOTE: The piece identification from the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (SCWPM) used in this website is updated to: Specialized issues (7th edition - 1995), General issues 1368-1960 (14th edition - 2012) and Modern issues 1961-2019 (25th edition - 2019)

Recommended bibliography

Banknotes of Venezuela by Richard Rosenman.
Latin American Bank Note Records by Ricardo Magan.

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